A hard man to demonise
In John Roberts, George Bush has made a shrewd pick for the Supreme Court
IT'S a bit like trying to prosecute a mob boss. You know he's a bad guy because he hangs out with other bad guys. But you can't prove it because no one outside that tight-knit group has actually heard him give the order to shake down the local casino or fit a rival with concrete boots.
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